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AcademicRoom is a next-generation social club conceived at Harvard for rising scholars to market themselves by creating profiles, networking with established scholars in their subfield, and curating resources such as lecture vidoes, journal articles, digital books, manuscripts and bibliographies. http://www.academicroom.com/

CFPlist.com offers a clean, innovative way to search calls for papers, chapters, and articles. The site’s organization and streamlined, user-friendly interface distinguishes it from other CFP sites. Scholars can search by the three criteria: time (date), space (geography), and content (category): www.CFPlist.com

jobs.ac.uk is the leading international job board for careers in academic, research, science and related professions. Launched in 1998 by the University of Warwick, jobs.ac.uk now advertises for over 7,000 organisations worldwide including universities, research institutions, colleges, charities and commercial organisations. Includes over 900 careers advice articles and FREE careers ebooks developed especially for people working in Higher Education.

Dear Colleagues, Please consider examining the two following links, in particular if you are currently graduate students or if you supervise graduate students. The MLA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession has recently created this document entitled "Improving Institutional Circumstances for Graduate Students in Languages and Literatures: Recommendations for Best Practices and Evaluative Questions" which addresses issues facing our current graduate students. Please spread the word as much as possible. Committee Website: http://www.mla.org/comm_grad Document Link: http://www.mla.org/pdf/csgspguidelines_2013.pdf

Another idea: look at administrative positions at universities you are interested in. One of my friends moved quickly from grad student to Associate dean (in under 5 years) and he told me, "a PhD can be like a union card for many of the most powerful positions at a university." Something to consider. Plus, many schools will let you work out a joint appt (you teach maybe one course a year but have an administrative position in student advising, the graduate school, etc. )

I hope it's not a breach of protocol to mention my own blog, postacademic.org , here, but my friend and I recently started it to address life beyond academia for academics--in addition to a good dose of academia-related stuff, of course! I'm mostly discussing my experiences on the academic job market (some of which is inspired by the Wiki), while my friend is providing more of the hands-on information on how to make a transition outside of the academy. (If this is bad form, someone can go ahead and delete this link!)

New website aggregating advice, resources, links, and support for people who think they might need or want to leave academia: http://www.howtoleaveacademia.com. Also includes a blogroll with a ton of blogs from folks who have left.

Documenting the experiences of working with academic journals in the humanities. Which journals move quickly on submission? Which journals give useful feedback? Which journals help your research reach an audience? Go to Humanities Journals Wiki to see others' experiences and add your own.

Law School Grads get Debts, not Jobs(This is somewhat tangential to the subject of academic jobs, but it shows that the problem of finding jobs after grad school is endemic. It's a good article to send to eager undergrad seniors who are applying to law school. Not that they'll listen.) - Did any of us listen when told not to go to Graduate School? It's the other guy who can't get a job; I'll be fine.